Primetime Ratings: Fox Shares Sunday Win With Low ‘Rent’
ABC and Fox split the Sunday prime title, ABC powered by a robust America’s Funniest Home Videos, and Fox by its partially live Rent production. Both did a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.9/4 posted by CBS.
On ABC, an America’s Funniest Home Videos rerun led into a new episode at a flat 1.3. A pair of Shark Tanks did a 1.1 and 1.0, up substantially from their previous 0.7.
On Fox, comedy reruns led into musical production Rent at 1.4. Rent was to be live, but an injury to a cast member during a Saturday rehearsal production meant much of the show was pre-recorded. In terms of Fox’s previous live musicals, A Christmas Story Live did a 1.5 in late 2017 and Grease Live scored a notable 4.3 a year before.
On CBS, 60 Minutes grew 57% to 1.1 without football to compete against, and Big Brother: Celebrity Edition lost 9% for a 1.0. NCIS: Los Angeles slid 11% to 0.8 and Madam Secretary scored a level 0.6.
NBC got a 0.7/3. A pair of The Titan Games repeats led into American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. the World at 0.7.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2.
The CW did a 0.3/1, with both Supergirl and Charmed at 0.3. Supergirl was flat and Charmed was 0.2.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.